TROJAN NATION BASKETBALL

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL 1972 BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Riverside vs. Taft Youth Center 108-59 win

Riverside vs. Memphis Carver 88-73 win

Riverside vs. Memphis Southside 54-44 win

Riverside vs. Oak Ridge 62-48 win

Riverside vs. Memphis Melrose 68-70 LOST

Riverside vs. Memphis Hamilton 88-73 win

Riverside vs. Chattanooga City 74-52 win

Riverside vs. Notre Dame 130-54 win

Riverside vs. Chattanooga Kirkman 104-43 win

Riverside vs. Alcoa 79-44 win

Riverside vs. Knoxville Everett 94-42 win

Riverside vs. Cleveland 85-67 win

Riverside vs. Howard 62-58 WIN

Riverside vs. Brainerd 96-67 win

Riverside vs. Baylor 88-46 win

Riverside vs. Notre Dame 72-67 win

Riverside vs. Clinton 76-56 win

Riverside vs. Chattanooga City 79-60 win

Riverside vs. Oak Ridge 91-60 win

Riverside vs. Cleveland 74-54 win

Riverside vs. Howard 76-73 WIN

Riverside vs. Kirkman 108-59 win

Riverside vs. Brainerd 86-63 win

Riverside vs. Dobyns-Bennett 67-58 win

Riverside vs. Birchwood 107-43 win

Riverside vs. Notre Dame 95-63 win

Riverside vs. Chattanooga City 65-55 win

Riverside vs. Howard 77-72 WIN

Riverside vs. Bledsoe County 95-43 win

Riverside vs. Howard 72-70 WIN

Riverside vs. Chattanooga City 66-61 win

Riverside vs. McMinn County 36-34 WIN!!

TSSAA 1972 STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

RIVERSIDE VS. NASHVILLE HILLSBORO 76-62 WIN

RIVERSIDE VS. LEBANON 83-75 WIN

RIVERSIDE VS. KINGSPORT DOBYNS-BENNETT 53-40 WIN

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

CHATTANOOGA RIVERSIDE VS CHATTANOOGA HOWARD 60-53 WIN!

The Mighty Riverside Trojans' only loss that season came at the hands of Memphis Melrose. John Gunn hit a turn around jumper at the buzzer to give Melrose the victory. This remarkable season also had high drama as Riverside traveled to Kingsport and defeated then #1 ranked Dobyns-Bennett in it's own brand new field house.

The 1972 State Champion Trojans never looked back after the Melrose loss by winning 31straight games! The champs averaged 80 points per game while holding opponents to an average of 60 points per game!

We had a REAL SCARE in a sub state tournament game with McMinn County. By slowing the game down to a crawl McMinn County almost pulled off one of the BIGGEST upsets in the history of Tenessee high school basketball!

My one regret is that we didn't get to play Memphis Melrose again that year!

Of course the crowning jewel of the season was the FIVE beat downs of rival Howard High School. The last and MOST satisfying being for the TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ITSELF!!

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